Visual Merchandiser

StartupForge; Downey (CA); On-site; USD 121,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

StartupForge in Downey, CA is seeking a senior Visual Merchandiser to own their work, partner with a tight team, and drive improvements with emotional intelligence and strong work ethic.

You will build curiosity-driven merchandising, maintain clear documentation, and collaborate across hybrid schedules. The role offers growth, mentorship, and flexibility that StartupForge is genuinely proud of.

Qualifications

• Listening skills and ability to make the other person feel heard
• Growth mindset with openness to feedback
• Clarity of thought reflected in tidy documentation
• StartupForge mindset: scrappy today, scalable tomorrow
• Reliability and ability for manager to stop checking in
• Familiarity with hybrid schedules and team norms at StartupForge

Responsibilities

• Refuse to let emotional intelligence debt accumulate
• Make the supportive call when data points in different directions
• Keep leadership honest with numbers they can act on
• Keep emotional intelligence handoffs warm so partners don’t feel dropped
• Leave every general system a little better than you found it
• Coordinate scheduling, resources, and logistics for assigned tasks

Job description

We're hiring a Visual Merchandiser, and the short version is this: bring Emotional Intelligence, bring Work Ethic, and bring the kind of curiosity that StartupForge runs on. Here, a senior Visual Merchandiser owns their work, partners with a tight team, and earns $121,000 - $165,000 while building their career.

Key Responsibilities

• Refuse to let Emotional Intelligence debt quietly accumulate on your watch
• Make the supportive call when the data points two different directions
• Keep StartupForge leadership honest with numbers they can act on
• Keep Emotional Intelligence handoffs warm so Downey partners never feel dropped
• Leave every general system a little better than you found it
• Coordinate scheduling, resources, and logistics for assigned tasks

What You’ll Bring

• The kind of listening that makes the other person feel heard
• A growth mindset and openness to constructive feedback
• Clarity of thought that shows up in tidy documentation
• A StartupForge mindset: scrappy today, scalable tomorrow
• The reliability that lets a manager stop checking in
• Working familiarity with hybrid schedules and team norms at StartupForge

The team at StartupForge is small, scrappy, and entirely convinced that Downey is the best place to reinvent general. We trust the senior folks closest to the customer to make the call without a committee.

Step in at $121,000 - $165,000, climb with structured growth, lean on a mentor, and take the flexibility StartupForge is genuinely proud of.

Live and hiring this very moment for the Downey, CA team.